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I’m so obsessed with this memoir “Chasing Drea

I’m so obsessed with this memoir “Chasing Dreamtime: A Sea-going Hitchhiker's Journey Through Memory and Myth” by Neva Sullaway, that I can’t get out of my v-berth until I devour every word. It’s got sharks & curses & a pill-headed captain & the edges of cyclones & a knife attack & imprisonment & love & heartbreak. If you love sailing and adventure, you will love this.

🙏 for the recommendation @passagesfromtheheart

#book #reading #sailing #sailboat #bed #bedroom #readthisbook

Turtle playing under Juniper. According to PBS, tu

Turtle playing under Juniper. According to PBS, turtles are 220 million year old reptiles. That makes them more ancient than lizards, snakes and crocodiles.

#turtle #seaturtle #fijiislands #fiji #backyard #sailboatlife

This is my new boat flag. I’m obsessed with fish

This is my new boat flag. I’m obsessed with fish, so I’m floating around in Fiji letting my fish flag fly.

#fish #cruising #boatflag #flag #windsock #sailboatliving #sail

Fish Medicine; staring at fish can drop your blood

Fish Medicine; staring at fish can drop your blood pressure & heart rate. 🐠 This is a scene from Sunflower Reef, it’s one of my favorite places to stare & mellow my mood.

#fiji #fijiislands #fish #mybackyard #nature #tropicalfish #sunflowerreef

This is what Juniper looks like sailing close to a

This is what Juniper looks like sailing close to a wind that’s blowing in the high 20s. All sails are up. Main and jib reefed. When I bought Juniper, it was my first time sailing a cutter rig & I didn’t know the importance of a staysail. I took her out in a near gale with only a reefed main & jib and when I was sailing upwind I couldn’t get her to tack & her speed was as slow as honey. I hobbled back to the marina and started asking my sailor neighbors why this was happening. Is my boat broken? I finally found a former Olympic sailor who explained to me that I want to keep the center of effort in the middle of the boat as the wind increases, so I have to use the staysail and a deep reefed main with a small amount of jib or no jib depending on the conditions. My mistake was not using the staysail! I tell you stories like this to show you that I bought a boat & didn’t really know what I was doing. I’m halfway around the world & still don’t know what I’m doing half the time. I just went out in all conditions & tried & played & asked questions & listened to the boat above all else. I hope this inspires you to pursue your sailing dreams. Love you! O

#sailing #lessons #lessonslearned #lifeonwater #solosailing #sailinginstagram #womensailors #youcandoit

Items I wouldn’t sail solo without: 1. Self Ste

Items I wouldn’t sail solo without:
1. Self Steering Windvane
2. VHF with AIS alarm (I don’t transmit, I only receive)
3. Garmin Inreach
4. Chart Plotter (be redundant)
5. Radar Reflector
6. EPIRB
7. Liferaft
8. Books
9. Spare Bilge Pump
10. Jacklines, PFD, Tether
11. Fire Extinguishers (for when you’re sailing upwind for two weeks straight and your leaky boat leaks saltwater all over your electronics and next thing you know you’ve got an electrical fire. Yea that happened to me!)
12. Dyneema Rope
13. Solar Powered Everything
14. Cuban YoYo (it’s so much easier than fishing with a rod)
15. Cable Cutters

*oh yea, and I’ve got 2 knives lashed down in my cockpit in case I need to cut something in a hurry.

📸 @philschlieder

#sail #sailing #solotraveler #sailinginstagram #supplies #dontsailwithoutme #offshore #sailinggear #lists

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